Chapter 53: The Dark Dragon
In the early autumn season, the forests of the Northeast are particularly beautiful, and two years ago it was also this time when the four of us were assigned here with our own mixed feelings, and my goal at that time was to leave early. Two years later, the beauty of this forest is no longer appreciated, and for us, this time it is to live.
Ten days ago, the daughter-in-law of the carpenter Tan in the village gave birth to a dead baby and was buried in the back mountain, we can't talk about this yet, the countryside believes this kind of thing, it really wants to be, who can explain it? We didn't even tell Yuan Xiaobai herself, for fear that she wouldn't be able to accept it when she found out.
The fat man lay on the ** and chewed a straw in his mouth and said, "Cha Ye, do you think that's really the case?" In this case, wouldn't Xiaobai harm the baby? ”
Cha Wenbin said disapprerovingly: "It can't be called harm, it's all fate, one is fate, one is destined to be short-lived, this is better than whose fate." Otherwise, if we don't come sooner or later, just in time for what happened to us? Those who can't hide can't hide after all, and no one can stop them from coming. ”
"Then what did your old man mean when he was dying?"
Cha Wenbin shook his head and said: "I don't know, it stands to reason that her three souls and seven spirits are all in place, but my master insisted that it was less, I don't think he would talk about it." ”
I suddenly remembered one thing: "Oh, we took a painting from here back then, and the woman in the painting really resembles her." ”
Cha Wenbin turned over and asked me, "What about that painting?" ”
"It's painted in my hometown, hidden under my mother's box."
Cha Wenbin said to me: "Speaking of this, I really remember it, Ming'er, let's go to Xishan, where to start, let's start looking for it." It's not such a coincidence in the world, and that painting shows that she really has something to do with it. ”
The fat man said, "What can there be?" She is not from here, and her mouth is full of southern tunes, which is 108,000 miles away from this. ”
"Just because it's not now doesn't mean it wasn't before." Cha Wenbin paused and said, "I'm talking about the previous life or earlier. ”
I reminded: "It's not early, let's go to sleep, it's better to think about how to get that kid tomorrow, let people know that we did it, and I guess I don't want to get out alive." ”
At 2 o'clock in the morning, this is the time we agreed to do it, and rural people generally have to get up at half past four as early as to cook, and go to the field at five o'clock, and we still have two hours enough to do things.
On the western slope, the educated youth planted corn at that time, and the wild boar would make trouble at night, and the fat man and I also went to see the shed at night. That area was originally a bit of a deserted grave, during the land reform to clean up some, there are still a lot of hidden in the forest, in the summer I always saw that there were phosphorus fire flying around, to be honest, there was also the village party secretary at that time bullied us from other places, the locals were not happy to go at night. To put it bluntly, who wants to run to sleep in a grave in the middle of the night?
The shed is still there, but no one has lived in it for the past two years, and the roof is leaking, and there is a musty smell inside. There were some unburned paper money scattered around the shed, and it could be seen that not long ago, a funeral procession passed by.
In funeral customs, there is a rule that both the South and the North will follow: that is, white-haired people do not send black-haired people. Not to mention babies and the like, the birth mortality rate before the seventies was extremely high, and it was generally dug and buried on the spot, so Cha Wenbin judged that the paper money was definitely not for the baby.
"I forgot to ask Uncle Miao, I don't know if anyone has died in the tunzi recently."
The fat man said, "That child's grave is different from an adult's grave, and it would be too nonsense if you really touched the wrong grave." ”
"No, it won't." Cha Wenbin thought for a while and added: "Probably not." ”
Uncle Miao said that the child was buried behind the old poplar tree behind the shed, and that day he saw a few men buried it in the tunzi, using a black box, and the box was still the dowry given by the child's mother's family when he got married. The old poplar tree is also easy to recognize, a few years ago a thunderbolt once slashed the tree, it was all scorched, who knows that only half of it was chopped to death, and half of it is still alive. So half of it had leaves, and half of it was dry branches, which I and the fat man had seen.
"These people are really irresponsible." Cha Wenbin said as he walked: "That tree is half-dead and half-alive, also called the Yin-Yang Tree, that thing used to be specially collected, for some people it is really a good thing, but for some people it is a harmful thing." ”
When the fat man heard this, he immediately moved his mind: "Huh? Someone collects it, is it worth it? ”
"It's worth a half-dead year, listen to my master, a yin and yang tree that was enough to make a coffin can be changed to a street in the capital, do you say it's worth it? The tree must be big first, and the coffin must be formed in one piece, not spliced; second, the year should be sufficient, and not less than 60 years; Third, the variety of the tree determines the price, the cedar is the most expensive, followed by the nanmu, this poplar is at most enough for a prince or something. This kind of coffin made of trees, born across the gap between the two worlds of yin and yang, is not in the three realms and the five elements, to put it bluntly, people in the sleep can continue to be a ghost without reincarnation. ”
I couldn't understand, "Why do you want to do this if you can't be reincarnated?" Is being a ghost happier than being a human? ”
Cha Wenbin said: "Because they are reluctant to give up what they have in life, but they will have problems if they bury a child here, and the child is still young and has just become an adult." If you can't bury it on the root of the tree and be entangled by the tree gas, you can't scatter and you can't get out, then it will be entangled with Xiaobai, and over the years, the child will suck the breath of the yin and yang tree and become a big scourge sooner or later. ”
"When I arrived, Cha Ye is the tree." The fat man pointed casually and shouted: "Ouch, I'm Diniang, look, there's still a person hanging on that tree!" ”
I also chuckled in my heart: "There is really a ...... person"
"Don't panic, don't panic...... Cha Wenbin took the miner's lamp and shone it up for a while and said, "It seems to be a piece of clothing, take a good look." ”
When I looked at it again, it was really, because there were no feet, just an empty piece of clothing.
"Damn, which immoral ghost is doing this stubble, this is not intentional!" The fat man became more and more angry, and kicked at the trunk of the tree. His kick was really strong, and the tree was kicked, and then I saw the clothes on the tree swaying and "floating" down.
This is indeed a dress, and a shroud! The purple-black satin material is made of fine silk, embroidered with a golden "Shou", and behind it is embroidered a monster that I don't know whether it is a dragon or a snake.
Cha Wenbin looked at this thing and felt a little uncomfortable, once Ma Sufeng warned him that if one day he saw someone wearing a person with an embroidered "dark dragon" pattern, he would walk around, and he would not admit that he was a disciple of Taoism, let alone know him.
This picture of the "Dark Dragon" is extremely rare, and no more than ten people in China can recognize its true identity, first of all, there are very few records about it; Second, it's a taboo subject that decent people don't usually talk about, let alone pass it on, because it's the only dragon from the underworld.
The dragon species can be seen not only in China, but also in ancient Greece, ancient Babylon and Egypt, and this sacred creature described as a footless lizard has incomparable magical powers; And in our Shenzhou land, you can see dragon totems everywhere, but only this kind of dark dragon is almost invisible.
Dark dragons don't have eyes!
Idiom, the finishing touch, it is said that dragons can only fly when they click their eyes, but the dark dragon is an exception!
It is said that there are eighteen layers of hell in the Netherworld, one of which is called the Yang Yang Yuan, and this layer of hell is not under the control of the three halls of Yama, because there is so much resentment and anger deposited here as the lowest layer of hell that the Yamas dare not go down.
There is a lake called "Boundless" in Yang Yangyuan, that is, there is no lake that can see the edge, it is said that there is a fierce beast called 梼杌 in the lake, which is one of the famous "four fierce beasts" in ancient times. It is known as a symbol of evil, and it is stubborn and fierce, and even the gods can't clean it up, so they are locked up in this layer of hell.
According to the theory of ascent and descent, the greater the sins of a person and the more wrong things he has done in his life, the lower the level of hell he will be assigned. Grievances and anger are sinking, because they are too heavy, and over time, Yang Yangyuan, as the bottom of the lowest pot of hell, naturally inherits countless grievances that sink here.
Ruiqi will give birth to dragons, why won't resentment? These are two completely different directions, and when they reach the extreme, they will each derive their own wonderful.
The Dark Dragon is the product of extreme resentment, with the anger of the Yang Yan Yuan as the cloud, and the boundless lake as the sea, it is the most vicious and greedy species in the Three Realms.
The so-called spells and formations are all spellcasters using talismans and spells as an introduction to use the power of others, so naturally some people thought of the dragon. But wherever the "Dark Dragon" appears as a mark, it must not be decent, and it is an extraordinary evil person, Ma Sufeng's repeated advice made Cha Wenbin remember this pattern very early, but he didn't know who owned this picture.
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Happy Eleven! Recently, I have been mainly raising my neck, but it has slowed down, but now it is better, and I will continue